Horseshoe pad



June 30, 1925. l

, G. J. HEYMOSS, JR

HORSESHOE PAD Original Filed Apfil '7, 1924 WIN } ATTORNEY.

Reissued June 30, 1 925.- r

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Il'. HEYMOSS, JIL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HORSESHOE PAD.

Original No. 1,496,414, dated June 3, 1924, Serial No. 704,564, filed April 7, 1924. Application for reissue filed December 1, 1924. Serial No. 753,389.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Hnrtross, Jr., a citizen of the United States, reslding at Detroit, county'of Wayne, State of M1ch1- an, have invented a certain new and useful Tmprovement in Horseshoe Pads, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and .exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved horseshoe pad.

The object of my invention is to provide in combination with a horseshoe a suitable pad therefor having a heel port-ion and a marginal horseshoe supporting portion and a ground-engaging member preferably in the form ofa plate set on edge within the horseshoe forwardly of the heel ortion of the pad and yieldably supporte to pro ect 'to a greater height than the horseshoe carried by the pad.-

An important object is to provide a horseshoe pad adapted toservev as acushlon for the horseshoe supported thereon, which pad is provided with a ground-gripping metal member set on edge and extending forwardly from the heel portion of the pad interior the horseshoe carried by the pad, which member is securely fastened to the pad and is adapted to first engage the ground.

An important feature is the provision of a horseshoe pad of cushioning material'having a heel portion and a marginal horseshoe supporting portion and provided with a metal plate set on edge extending forwardly from the heel portion to form a loop within the horseshoe supported by the'pad, which loop projects from. the pad to a greater hei ht than the horseshoe supported thereby.

ther objects'and meritorious advantages of my invention will more fully appear from the following s ecification descriptive of the embodiment il ustrated in the accompanya ing drawing and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved horseshoe pad and a horseshoe supported thereon,

Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

.portion lO-and a heel portion 12. The marginal portion is adapted to support a horseshoe 14 which is shown as having a toe call:

.16. It will be noted that the heel portion of the pad normally projects to a greaterheight than the body of the horseshoe supported by the pad. The heel portion is shown as having a roughened ground-enof the pad on the pavement.

A pad structure of this general character is old. My improved pad, however, is provided with a metal plate 18 which is set on edge and which extends forwardly from the heel portion of the padto form a loopdisposed within the horseshoe carried by'the pad. This loop' is here shown as being of the same general shape as the horseshoe but considerably smaller, and the ends 20 of the plate may be secured to the heel portion of the pad by rivets 22. The plate is shown as provided with a base flange 24 which rests upon asurface of the pad.

The plate is set on edge and projects from the pad to a height greater than the horseshoe carried by the pad, so that in use this plate first engages the ground.

There is a ledge 26 of integral structure with the pad which extends forwardly from the heel portion of the pad to snugly emgaging surface suitable to prevent slipping brace the metal plate 18, the-plate being set within the recess formed between this ledge and the heel portion of the pad. In use the plate 18 is yieldably supported to first engage the ground, and the (combined shoe structure has superior merit. in preventing slipping upon the pavement.

What I claim is:

1. Thecombination with a: horseshoe, of

a horseshoe pad of cushioning material hav- 1 ing a substantially flat marginal portion adapted to support the horseshoe, an integral heel portion of normally greater height than the horseshoe supported by the pa a metalplatecarried by the pad, said plate being set on edge and'extended forwardly from the heel portion of the pad within the horseshoe carried thereby 'to form a loop of substantially the same shape as the horseshoe but considerably smaller, said plate projecting from the pad to a greater height than the horseshoe carried by the pad.

2. The combination with a horseshoe, of a horseshoe pad of cushioning material having a marginal horseshoe supporting portion, a heel portion, a metal plate set on edge secured to the pad extending forwardly from the heel portion thereof to form a loop interior the horseshoe supported by the pad, said plate projecting from the pad to a greater height than the horse- 'from the heel portion thereof to form a loop interior the horseshoe-supported by the pad, said plate projecting from the pad to a greater height than the horseshoe supported by the pad, and aledge of unitary structure with the heel portion extending forwardly therefrom to closely embrace th metal plate. t

4. The combination with a horseshoe, of a rubber horseshoe pad having a substantially fiat marginal horseshoe supporting portion, a heel portion of normally greater height than the horseshoe supported by the pad, a metal plate secured to the pad having its ends secured to the heel portion of the pad, said plate set on edge and extending forwardly from the heel portion of the pad to form a relatively small loop within the horseshoe supported by the pad and projecting from the pad to a eater height than said horseshoe, said pad aving a ledge integral with the heel portion extending forwardly therefrom and closely surrounding the metal plate. 7 V

' 5. The combination with a horseshoe, of a horseshoe pad of cushioning material having a marginalportion adapted to support the horseshoe, a heel portion, a metal plate set on edge having its ends secured to said heel portion and extendin forwardly there-I a greater height than the toe calk of the horseshoe carried by the pad. I

7. In combination with a horseshoe, a horseshoe pad formed of cushioning material having a heel portion'and a marginal portion supporting the horseshoe, provided with a ground-engaging plate set on edge forwardly of the heel portion of the pad within the horseshoe carried thereby and projecting to a greater height therefrom than the horseshoe carried thereby.

8. In combination with a horseshoe having a toe calk, a horseshoe pad formed of cushioning material having an integral heel portion and a marginal horseshoe supportingportion, said horseshoe being supported on said marginal portion, said pad provided with a ground-engaging plate set on edge forwardly of the heel portion of the pad and extending transversely thereof within the horseshoe carriedi thereby and projecting from the padto a greater height than the heel portion'of the pad or the toe calk of the horseshoe carried by the pad to first impinge'upon the ground.

9. In a combined horseshoe and pad therefor, said pad being of cushioning material and having a heel portion'and a marginal horseshoe supporting portion, a horseshoe having a toe calk and being supported on the marginal port-ion of the pad and a ground-engaging member yieldably supported by the pad forwardly of the heel portion thereof and within the horseshoe carried thereby to project to a greater height from the pad than the heel portion thereof or the toe calk of the horseshoe carried thereby.

fication.

GEORGE J. HnYMoss, JR. I 

